Member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Hassan Asafari emphasized that nuclear negotiations would only be fruitful if the G5+1 (the US, Britain, France, China, and Russia plus Germany) entered into negotiations with their own independent views without being influenced by the US and Israel.
Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
Iran held an "intense" round of talks with six world powers about its nuclear program in Moscow in June. The talks in the Russian capital followed two rounds of negotiations since diplomacy resumed in April after a 15-month hiatus during which the West cranked up sanctions pressure.
Iranian officials have repeatedly insisted on an easing of sanctions and an acknowledgment of the country's right to enrich uranium, conditions that the United States and the EU have not accepted.
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A senior Iranian legislator said that if all the members of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) tried not to decide under the pressure of the policies of the US and Israel, the talks between Iran and G5+1 would yield positive results.
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